The ever so comforting mini omu rice topped with teriyaki chicken. It's just like comfort food~
Horensou and asari pasta in tomato sauce which I thought was the lightest and most refreshing dish compared to the others.
Prawn tempura pasta in goma sauce. My favourite goma sauce!
A mini pizza topped with onsen tamago. I always enjoy this dish as I like the thin crust of the pizza and the sweet sauce matched with the yolk of the onsen tamago!!
It's been months since I've visited, sorta missed the food here hahaha.....
My cute little shishamo which tasted great after grilling (1 for RM3)
Pork neck (RM10) which was too chewy to my liking
Pork misoyaki (RM10)....yum! this was delicious!!
Brinjal (RM3) and shiitake mushrooms (RM3) yakiniku, These were already grilled and were good~
Onion salad (RM6) which was quite refreshing
Pork ribs (RM10). The taste was good but I did a super bad job in BBQ-ing them that everything was burnt! lol~ in the end, there wasn't much that we could eat.
Buttered hotate & enoki (RM18) which came in like this soupy thing. I didn't really enjoy this dish.
The soup stock is sooo concentrated that it's sufficient to make a 2L soup. You can even add various condiments to it when you cook it but I was lazy and hungry~
So I only cooked the noodle with the soup as it is with some crab sticks~
The noodles were lovely and springy. The soup was extremely flavourful and it felt like I was wasting the beautiful soup stock by making such a small amount when it could make a 2L soup that could be cooked with a lot of different vegetables.
I definitely need to buy more ramen from Japan!!! And next time, I will not waste the soup stock~!
It's interesting how a simple quiz on fb can give such accurate results sometime. By chance or by luck, I found it to be quite accurate for this point in my life now.
I like uniquely creative....and their interpretation seems to fit.
"The main things in life for you are your intuition, wisdom, joy, satisfaction and curiosity. The world for you is full of mystery, and is made up of so many different things, situations and people which are all constantly stimulating your imagination. Your life is painted in a multitude of beautiful colours, and you're always looking at it through the prism of creativity. You can turn anything that happens to you into something positive, and you never look for simple answers to life's questions. You live your life in constant anticipation of experiencing something new and wonderful."
Now that was a lovely interpretation of the personality type :)
That was followed by this paragraph of the present....
"However, at the moment you feel a lot of aggression inside. It's possible that recently you've been experiencing a lot of negative emotions and have the desire to finally resolve something that's been bugging you for a long time. You need to calm down and relax. The time has come to do something new. You have the ability to draw a huge amount of strength from yourself, whilst at the same time remaining a tender and loving person."
It is true, I've been experiencing a lot negative emotions recently as the desire to find out the answers to calm my soul is growing stronger by the day, but there is definitely no aggression. How can there be when there is so much love to it? Is this a sign that I should seek out my answers and move on to do something new too?
by 東方神起 because of the beautiful melody and meaningful lyrics.
I've always liked the chorus part of this song, however last night I realised just how sad but beautiful the last few sentences are.....
君が僕のそば 離れていっても
永遠に君が幸せであること ただ願ってる
(例えそれがどんなに寂しくても)
辛くても
This translates to......
Even when you are not by my side, I will always
pray for you to be happy (No matter how lonely or sad I may be)
I'm sure we've all been through this stage before.
This song is about a guy who wondered why did he end up falling for the love of his life. He thought that even as time passed, she would always be by his side. But somehow, she has chosen a different path. Though his feeling grows for her every day, he knew that they would never reach her.
When they first met, it seemed as though he had known her before because they just became close naturally. As they were always together, he just thought that it was natural for her to be by his side.
Then this special day of hers arrived. There she stood, beaming with happiness and looking beautiful as ever as she makes her vows to God. He wondered how should he send her off as she stood there being blessed, next to another man. He questioned himself on why did he fall for her. As it's too late to turn back time, he wondered about why didn't he grab her hand and snatch her away when he had the chance. He thought about how she should have been by his side but this will never come true now. Even though she is no longer by his side, he will always pray for her to be happy, no matter how lonely or sad he may be.
Mum bought some ramen as souvenirs from Japan for me.
Here's one: Ikasumi ramen which is a squid ink ramen in a salt-based soup.
Inside, there's a pack of thin ramen noodles with the squid ink soup concentrate
I didn't put anything in my ramen, except for some fried ko-ebi (small prawns).
The soup looks kinda scary as it's totally black in colour but the flavour is good. Also, as the soup concentrate is really concentrated and sufficient for a huge volume of soup, you can add in lots of seafood to prepare the soup base before cooking the noodles in it. That way, 2 person can share 1 packet as the amount of noodles is huge too, about double of what we usually get with maggi.
Also, their noodles are of really good quality. Usually when I cook local instant noodles in clear water, they leave behind a lot of wax residue in the water which I have to discard. Fearing the same for these noodles, I cooked them separately in another put and they did not leave any wax residue behind in the water. So they're definitely of better quality.
Moreover, the noodles are really springy and delicious. Even after leaving them in the soup for a long time, their texture maintained
Highly recommend buying some special instant ramen from Japan to try as they have many interesting flavours that we can't get else where.
Last dinner of this trip with the girls and their men~!
The Kodiak Club
Address: 272 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia
Carl's ordered this and a Kodiak burger (AUD17)
Mac ‘N’ Cheese Balls (AUD10)
Macaroni rolled into four large balls with plenty of stringy cheese then coated with crumbs and fried. Served with a mild spiced mayo
Kodiak’s famous buffalo wings, half dozen (AUD10), dozen (AUD19)
Crispy fried chicken wings tossed in American hot sauce. With celery sticks and blue cheese sauce.
Watermelon salad (AUD12)
Wwatermelon, cherry tomatoes, goat's cheese and a little lettuce, with a drizzle of honey rosemary vinaigrette.
Grilled cheese sandwich (AUD4)
White bread & Kraft singles, toasted with butter and cut in triangles.
Overall, the food was interesting as I've never really had bar food before.
After dinner, we walked past a doughnut shop and spotted this huge giant glazed doughnut!
After dinner desserts at N2 extreme gelato
Address: 329 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia
The cute chalkboard menu
I ordered the big fat baklava~
....which came with honey spiced walnuts and puff pastry, served with pistachio praline dusted whipped cream and a syringe of salted caramel. But since I'm not a fan of whipped cream, I opted for mine without it.
Best liquid nitrogen ice cream I've ever had~! I've never quire enjoyed the local ones as the texture was always not that good. But this one here is amazing!!! Plus with all the extra condiments, the gelato was to die for......which explains their long queues~
A perfect sweet ending to my amazing Melbourne trip~!!! :)
